Sun, 16 Aug 1998

Guess What? Edi Sedyawati

Director General of Culture Edi Sedyawati visited a photo exhibit to enjoy the show, but probably had no idea she would be put on the spot.

Featured at Tuesday's opening of a three-day exhibit was a performance by the Teater Trotoar group, students of the School of Public Health of the University of Indonesia. The show at Bentara Budaya building on Jl. Palmerah Selatan, Central Jakarta, centered on an autocratic Javanese ruler being loudly advised by his attendants.

One of the actors asked her if she would be good enough to follow him, before stopping and asking if she knew where he would take her.

When she said she did not, he sang the tune of a public TV- advertisement: "Ayooo Sekolah (Let's Go To School)". The actor took her hand, and a laughing Edi was escorted to the hall's center stage for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. (ylt)